2 d. ago Girl gets £27,000 after suffering serious leg injury on Barry Island ride

The girl received the settlement after her family took Barry Island Pleasure Park to court following the incident on the Crazy Fun House ride in 2022

Economics

3 d. ago Owners of £17m Jane Austen country house granted permission to demolish it despite objections from residents

Historic England said there was no evidence the house had ‘any direct influence on Jane Austen’s literary output’

Economics

5 d. ago Owners of £17m Jane Austen Hampshire country house are granted permission to demolish it despite objections from neighbours

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council has approved plans to demolish Ashe Park House, Hampshire, and replace it with a 'traditional country house' in the Queen Anne style.

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1 week ago Ferrari need hard restart after Chinese GP debacle leaves team in tricky spot

Embarrassing disqualification of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc raises difficult questions for ScuderiaBefore the Formula One season began Lewis Hamilton had taken his motorhome to Ferrari’s Maranello factory, living alongside his new colleagues in order to bond with them and better learn their methodologies in an effort to make his transition into the Scuderia as seamless as possible. After he and his teammate, Charles Leclerc, were disqualified from Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix, he may have to consider taking up residence again, hands on as a rocked Ferrari deal with a disheartening opening to the season.Ferrari have never suffered a double disqualification before in the 75 years they have participated in F1, an embarrassment to which they held up their hands. They conceded that the skid block on the floor of Hamilton’s car had been worn 0.5mm below the limit, while Leclerc’s ride was 1kg below the minimum weight requirement. They said it was “genuine error” and a “mistake” the...

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1 week ago Ferrari need hard restart after Chinese GP debacle leaves team in tricky spot | Giles Richards

Embarrassing disqualification of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc raises difficult questions for ScuderiaBefore the Formula One season began Lewis Hamilton had taken his motorhome to Ferrari’s Maranello factory, living alongside his new colleagues in order to bond with them and better learn their methodologies in an effort to make his transition into the Scuderia as seamless as possible. After he and his teammate, Charles Leclerc, were disqualified from Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix, he may have to consider taking up residence again, as a rocked Ferrari deal with a disheartening opening to the season.Ferrari have never suffered a double disqualification before in the 75 years they have participated in F1, an embarrassment to which they held up their hands. They conceded that the skid block on the floor of Hamilton’s car had been worn 0.5mm below the limit, while Leclerc’s ride was 1kg below the minimum weight requirement. They said it was “genuine error” and a “mistake” they would e...

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1 week ago Lewis Hamilton’s rocky start continues as Ferrari suffer double disqualification

Hamilton’s rear skid block was below the regulation thickness while Charles Leclerc’s car was found to be underweight in a race won by Oscar Piastri.

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1 week ago What you should do if a car 'blocks you in' and parks outside your house

Advice from the police and the RAC has demystified the annoyance of being 'blocked in'

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1 week ago Rivals in dark as Lando Norris strikes gold with McLaren’s tyre alchemy

Muttering in pit lane over how F1 team have found such a sweet spot between aerodynamics and tyre wearOne race into the new Formula One season and the sport has been transfixed by how smartly McLaren have emerged from the blocks. A quick car is a surprise to no one but what fascinated about Lando Norris’s and Oscar Piastri’s ride is that their single greatest advantage apparently lay not in the science of aerodynamics but rather in the tyres and the dark art of mechanical grip. In which algorithms and alchemy, McLaren appear to have struck gold.Norris’s win at the season opener in Australia caught the eye, not only with how much pace they showed but in how they achieved it, and it has the other teams worried. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Rules on what to do if a car blocks your driveway or parks outside your house

There are rules if a person has blocked your driveway - but plenty of people also wonder whether cars are allowed to park outside a house anyway

Transport

2 w. ago Plan for 1,500 new homes in Finchley considered by Barnet Council after securing City Hall support

The scheme includes a 25-storey tower and ‘re-provision’ of a demolished leisure centre

Politics

2 w. ago Jennifer Saunders and Adrian Edmondson's Absolutely Fabulous plans to turn £2million Dartmoor mansion into dream home complete with garden pavilion and pottery workshop are APPROVED after council row

The country's funniest couple have lived at their sprawling Grade II-listed £2million manor house in Dartmoor National Park for some 30 years.

Economics

3 w. ago Police launch investigation after 'unacceptable' car meet blocks Manchester Airport tunnels amid roads mayhem

Drivers gathered for an 'illegal' car meet

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3 w. ago A president touting Musk’s cars from the White House shows this: the Tesla boycott really irks him | Gaby Hinsliiff

Trump has met a force he cannot control: people’s ability to parade their anger and distaste through consumer choiceWhat do you buy the richest man in the world? The answer, obviously, is the one thing that usually can’t be had for love nor money, and that’s pimping out the presidential office for advertising purposes.Posing with Elon Musk beside a scarlet Tesla parked on the White House driveway, Donald Trump announced that he was buying one of his friend’s cars despite not being allowed to drive for security reasons because: “I just want people to know that you can’t be penalised for being a patriot.” The billionaire currently chainsawing his way through so many ordinary federal workers’ jobs had, he said indignantly, been unfairly treated by people who inexplicably now seem to have turned against his cars.Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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3 w. ago A president touting Musk’s cars from the White House shows this: the Tesla boycott really irks him | Gaby Hinsliff

Trump has met a force he cannot control: people’s ability to parade their anger and distaste through consumer choiceWhat do you buy the richest man in the world? The answer, obviously, is the one thing that usually can’t be had for love nor money, and that’s pimping out the presidential office for advertising purposes.Posing with Elon Musk beside a scarlet Tesla parked on the White House driveway, Donald Trump announced that he was buying one of his friend’s cars despite not being allowed to drive for security reasons because: “I just want people to know that you can’t be penalised for being a patriot.” The billionaire currently chainsawing his way through so many ordinary federal workers’ jobs had, he said indignantly, been unfairly treated by people who inexplicably now seem to have turned against his cars.Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Roads 'gridlocked' and Manchester Airport tunnels BLOCKED after huge car meet makes its way across Manchester

Hundreds of people met near Trafford Palazzo before driving towards Manchester Airport

Transport

3 w. ago Revealed: The private parking fat cats creaming off huge salaries with plush houses and Bentleys in the drive

EXCLUSIVE: MailOnline has identified some of the bosses lining their pockets with fat salaries and pensions, allowing them to live comfortable lifestyles at the expense of ordinary motorists.

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4 w. ago 'Renovation project' house in 'tranquil' Scots village to go under the hammer

The three-bedroom house in Parkgate, Dumfries and Galloway is in need of a full renovation.

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4 w. ago Former church site to be redeveloped for housing plan, despite concerns over parking

The applicants sought permission to create four new semi-detached homes on the site. The plans have now been approved by council planners.

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